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A sense of peace | Educators excited for state COVID-19 vaccine availability
Teachers across Tennessee will soon be able to get the COVID-19 vaccine, thanks to the state s vaccine plan advancing forward. Author: Katie Inman Updated: 4:55 AM EST February 17, 2021
HAMBLEN COUNTY, Tenn. Tennessee is opening up vaccinations for teachers across the state. The changes mean tens of thousands more Tennesseans will be eligible for the shots.
The change will take effect on February 22. The state s vaccine plan is moving into phase 1b. People ages 65 and older will also be eligible to get the vaccine.
Educators in Hamblen County are excited for the opportunity to get on the vaccination list, but think they should have been a higher priority.
Pharmacy Owner Serving ILWU Members Sentenced in Compounding Scheme
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Erica Carey ran a pharmacy that served members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union. Their health may be poorer for it. On October 30, 2019, Carey, owner of a Long Beach, Calif. pharmacy, was sentenced in Los Angeles federal court to three years of probation and ordered to pay more than $366,000 in restitution for defrauding the ILWU-Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) health plan. The main organizers of this $3 million-plus scam, brothers Berry and Dalibor Kabov, each had been sentenced that March to 121 months in prison for illegal sale of opioids and importation of controlled steroids, and failure to report about $1.5 million to the IRS. The actions follow a probe by the Drug Enforcement Agency, the IRS, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the U.S. Labor Department, and state and local authorities.